[deanhills]

I do own drones now, since i gained lot of interest in it few days ago. Drones are not that expensive as it looks, obviously if you are going for some professional drones then they are not going to be less than $400, but its not necessary that you go with professional drones. They are not even good for beginners because you have to learn flying it first.

Three months ago, i ordered a very small micro drone, for around $15. It was a toy drone for fun purpose. It didn't have the features like those professional drones so it was really hard to fly it, and when it doesn't have altitude hold you have to manage its altitude via your remote control. It was nearly impossible to fly it outdoors due to its micro size wind would fly it away, however my micro drone was crashed to the tree and due to its micro size, drone didn't get any damage.

For that micro drone i even made a small review to show its flight, features, you can check out the review here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFJAJqUVJHE

Then in June, i decided to buy some serious drone with camera, though it wasn't a professional drone obviously but it had 20% of professional features those expensive drones have. It is a DJI Mavic Clone and really resembles it. Camera is just 2 MP which is not much good, but anyway you can still take some shots when you go to a park. Flying time is around 7-10 minutes but buying batteries can increase your flight time. Still the same problem in all those drones is that they cannot handle wind, though it may be possible to fly it in wind but at higher rates and needs to be professional otherwise those drone would fly away.


Another problem of those drones is that some countries custom just don't allow it, you can't fight a good drone locally, all those are available at international websites, and when you import them they get stuck in custom and impossible to take them out. Though those cheap drones aren't so good to do any type of illegal activity, still these are blocked in some countries.

Found your post fascinating practical info.  Well done!

I've been following news on the negative side, like at Heathrow Airport they've had real issues with drone amateurs who could not properly control their drones and created safety concern for air space of planes.  Last I read something about it, which was a few months ago, they were going to make it mandatory for people to do basic training first before they are allowed to operate a drone.  So possibly one would have to get a license or something.  Another place where it was a problem is in prisons, where they used it as a form of courier.  I find all of it very interesting though - all of the James Bond 007 K tools becoming real.  I hope you'll be able to get a really good drone.  I'm almost certain if one starts to join interest groups that there must be hobby owners who have worked out ways to get round the customs problems.